[1] The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks, And calls the earth from
sunrise to sunset. [2] Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines
forth. [3] Our God comes, and does not keep silence. A fire devours
before him. It is very tempestuous around him. [4] He calls to the
heavens above, To the earth, that he may judge his people: [5] "Gather
my saints together to me, Those who have made a covenant with me by
sacrifice." [6] The heavens shall declare his righteousness, For God
himself is judge. Selah. [7] "Hear, my people, and I will speak; Israel,
and I will testify against you. I am God, your God. [8] I don`t rebuke you
for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me. [9]
I have no need for a bull from your stall, Nor male goats from your
pens. [10] For every animal of the forest is mine, And the cattle on a
thousand hills. [11] I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild
animals of the field are mine. [12] If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
For the world is mine, and all that is in it. [13] Will I eat the flesh
of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats? [14] Offer to God the sacrifice
of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High. [15] Call on me in the
day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me." [16] But to
the wicked God says, "What right do you have to declare my statutes,
That you have taken my covenant on your lips, [17] Seeing you hate
instruction, And throw my words behind you? [18] When you saw a thief,
you consented with him, And have participated with adulterers. [19] "You
give your mouth to evil. Your tongue harnesses deceit. [20] You sit and
speak against your brother. You slander your own mother`s son. [21] You
have done these things, and I kept silence. You thought that the "I AM"
was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your
eyes. [22] "Now consider this, you who forget God, Lest I tear you in
pieces, and there be none to deliver. [23] Whoever offers the sacrifice of
thanksgiving glorifies me, And prepares his way so that I will show
God`s salvation to him." Psalm 51 For the Chief Musician. A
Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in
to Bathsheba.
